Let’s accept that most children around the world will not go to sleep on Christmas eve dreaming of cyber beaches. Most probably won’t think about cyber breaches on Christmas Day either, and that’s a good thing. But those who celebrate Christmas, along with children in nations where Christmas is not celebrated, are not likely thinking[…]

At the end of November 2018, we learned that Marriott International suffered an incredible breach. Five hundred million customers are thought to have been affected. With numbers like that, this breach falls well within the #EpicFail category (think Equifax and Yahoo! as examples). It’s not only the size of this breach that puts it in[…]

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they called ‘gitche gumee’ The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot’s iconic ballad, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, tells the story of the ill-fated last voyage of[…]

“Big” leap of faith here: I’m sure you’ve heard of the phrase “no such thing as a free lunch.” I’m equally sure that most of you believe that phrase also. By the way, how’s that “free” webmail or social media account of yours doing? I’m going to do my best to dodge the entire “terms[…]

Undoubtedly, you’ve heard the Capital One tagline: “What’s in your wallet?” Well, given last week’s bombshell report from Bloomberg, The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate US Companies, it’s not unreasonable to ask: “What’s in your device?” Let’s take a step back for a moment. If you’re surprised by Bloomberg’s piece,[…]

I say Tile? XY3? Click ‘n Dig? You say, what? Unless, that is, you are a person who employs one of these devices to keep track of your keys. Few things in life are more vexing on a recurring basis than searching for keys. House keys, car keys, Florida Keys (ok, the last one is[…]

In today’s blog, George Platsis looks at the evolving role of AI in cybersecurity and makes the argument for unfettered access to information. There’s a lot of talk these days about online censorship, public manipulation, mass surveillance, and the role Big Tech plays in society. Okay, so what does any of this have to do with cybersecurity? Well, quite[…]

The bigger the better is a worn old chestnut of an expression that has distinct applicability to certain professional sports, say basketball for example, and clear downsides when applied to adverse events. In the latter example one might more readily turn to the admonition bequeathed to us by E.F. Schumaker—“Small Is Beautiful”, or at least[…]